As part of our commitment to make maths exciting and high profile in our school, we are taking part in a friendly competition involving schools in England.

All pupils at our school in Year 2 to Year 6 have beeen registered to take part.

The competition started today (Tuesday 18th November) and runs between 7.30am and 7.30pm on Tuesday 18th November, Wednesday 19th November and Thursday 20th November.

Children can play in any game mode with every correct answer to a multiplication or division question, earning themselves, their class and the school a point.

To support player wellbeing, there is a daily time limit of 60-minutes per player. In other words, each player can earn competition points for up to 60-minutes on the days of the competition

Once the player goes beyond 60 minutes of play on that day, they will still earn coins but will no longer earn points towards the competition.

In the spirit of the competition, please don't play on their behalf but by all means encourage and support them to the extent that it doesn't cause high stress levels or impact on family plans.

The highest scoring pupils from our school will be awarded with a special England Rocks Times Tables Rock Star certificate at our Star of the Week assembly on Friday 21st November.

The school can confirm that after Christmas Mr Wiggett will step up from deputy head teacher to acting head teacher of the school for the spring term 2026.

Our trust (Community Academies Trust) is well under way with the recruitment of a new head teacher with interviews scheduled for January 2026. It is hoped that a new head teacher will be in place for April 2026.

Mrs Smith will be taking on the role of Assistant Head Teacher from January.

She will increase her hours in school from 3 days a week to full time during the course of this appointment – she will teach four days in Year 6 and then be released for one day a week to focus specifically on school improvement / Assistant Head Teacher duties.

Mr Wiggett and Mrs Smith will over the next term, receive leadership and management support from an experienced head teacher in the trust for one day a week.

Mr Atkins has been invited to join the Senior Leadership Team from January 2026 to increase the management capacity across the school.

In January 2026 we will also be joined by a new teacher in Year 1.

Miss Cubberley will be replacing Mrs Bates in 1BT.

We are very grateful to Mrs Bates for her hard work during her extended period in Year 1.

Miss Cubberley will be teaching in 1BT on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with Miss Taylor teaching on Thursday and Friday.

If you have any questions or queries about these arrangements please do not hesitate to contact: headteacher@millfield.staffs.sch.uk

Poppies to raise funds for the Royal British Legion will on sale before and after school this week from tomorrow (Wednesday 5^th November) until Friday 7^th November.

We would suggest a minimum donation of 50p per poppy.

We also have a limited supply of other items from the Royal British Legion for sale including snap band, bracelets and key rings.

The Royal British Legion have suggest a £2 donation for snap bands and bracelets with all other items being £1 – please note we have a limited supply of these items and once they have gone they have gone!

All donations for items / poppies will need to be cash only and we will not be able to give any change. All cash payments and other donations should be placed in the sealed Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal collection box.

Pupils from our School Council will be helping with this fund raising and will be outside of the main entrance from 8.30am until 8.55am at the start of school and from 3.00pm at the end of school on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week.